Loading board



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LOADING BOARD Filed. Feb. 4, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet l MAL/AM F J/MOMSOM ATTORNEYS.

Oct. 4, 1938. w. F. SIMONSON LOADING BOARD 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 4, 1957 FIG. 4

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ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 4, 1938 lilvilliam RsiinOnsbn, Forest Hills, N. Y. Ap lication February 4, 1937, Serial o. 124,018 Claims. (o1. 1197 126i This invention relates to new'and useful improvements forth-writing attachments for typewriting machines of the general type disclosed in my co-pending applications Serial Numbers 693,048 and 124,019, and more particularly it pertains to a novel means which I term a loadingboard and which is employed to interleave the several transfer sheets of a carbon pack, such for example as is illustrated generally in my copending application Serial Number 88,969, with relation to'a plurality of superimposed forms or sheets to be Written upon. 1

The forms generally employed in bill writing machines are of the type known as continuous and consist of relatively long strips of paper superimposed upon one another.

In the manifold writing of such forms, considerable difficulty is experienced in properly positioning the transfer or carbon sheets between the several strips of paper which constitute the formsand it is the primary object of the present. invention to provide a device which will greatly facilitate this operation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device which is entirely separate from the typewriting or billing machine and which is preferably completely removed therefrom when the device is not in use.

It is a further object of the invention .so to construct the device that it may be readily attached to and detached from a conventional typewriting machine.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood.

and reference will now be had ing drawings, in which;

' Figure l is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is .a perspective view illustrating the device attached to a conventional typewriting to the accompanymachine,

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which the device is used,

Figure 4 is a view'in side elevation on an enlarged scale showing the manner of use,

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the device as illustrated in Figure 4, a

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view, and;

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view taken sub stantially on the line 'I'! of Figure 5.

The device comprises a supporting table in the form of a rectangular body I00 formed from metal, wood, fibre, or other suitable material. Projecting from the upper edge IOI of the body there are two Q k members I 02 which, when the device is placedin operative position as il lustrated in Figures 2 and 3, are adapted to engage around the side members of the frame of the device illustrated in my co-pending application Serial Number 124,019, heretofore referred to, and as illustrated at I03 in Figures 4 and 5. Adjacent each of its side edges and positioned near the upper edge IOI of the body I00, there are pins I00 and adjacent one of these pins I04 the side edge of the body is notched as at I05. Secured preferably to the under side of the body I00 and extending upwardly and across thetop thereof in spaced relation with said top, there is a retaining arm I01, the free end of which is bent slightly upward as at I08.

When it is desired to position the carbon pack or transfer sheets of a carbon pack between the forms of a form strip, the loading board is placed upon the typewriting machine as described and as illustratedin Figures 2 to 5, inclusive. A car-' bon pack such as disclosed in my co-pending application Serial Number 88,969, together with its carrier 16 of the carbon pack is next placed upon the loading board with the pins I04 thereof received in the openings 60 of the carrier. The left hand resilient clip 82 is next removed and the entire group or set of transfer sheets 69 is folded over upon the right hand side, as illustrated in Figure 2. The form strip is next fed along and beneath the arm I 01 to the position shown in Figure 3 with the form strip lying upon the loading board. Next, all but the bottom form sheet are raised from the loading board after which a carbon sheet may be folded over as indicated in Figure 3, and in this manner the transfer or carbon sheets may be positioned sin gly between the strips of the form sheets until the carbon pack is properly positioned with relation to the form strip, after which the entire assembly is removed from the loading board and g the loading board removed from the typewriting machine.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the present invention provides a new and im- ME T OFFIC v proved device particularly useful in the interleaving of carbon or transfer sheets between a plurality of superimposed forms with ease and facility.

While the invention has been herein disclosed in its preferred form, it is not to be limited. to the specific construction herein shown and it may be practiced in other forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. A loading board comprising a supporting table of general rectangular form and having a notch in one of its side edges, a pair of spaced attaching hooks projecting from one edge of the table, and a retaining arm overlying the table in spaced relation with the top face thereof.

2. A loading board comprising a supporting table of general rectangular form and having a notch in one of its side edges, a pair of spaced attaching hooks projecting from one edge of the table, a retaining arm overlying the table in spaced relation to the top face thereof, and a pair of positioning pins projecting from the top face of the table.

3. A loading board comprising a supporting table of general rectangular form, said table having a notch in one of its side edges, a pair of spaced attaching hooks projecting from one edge of the table, and a pair of positioning pins projecting from the top face of the table, one of said positioning pins being closely adjacent said notch.

4. A loading board comprising a supporting table of general rectangular form, said table having a notch in one of its side edges, means for detachably attaching said table to a typewriting machine and a plurality of positioning pins projecting from the top face of the support ing table.

5. A loading board comprising a supporting table of general rectangular form, said table having a notch in one of its side edges near its upper end, means for attaching said loading board to a typewriting machine, a plurality of positioning pins projecting from the top face of the supporting table, there being one positioning pin at each side of the supporting table one of which is closely adjacent the aforementioned notch, and a retaining arm extending transversely of the supporting table.

WILLIAM F. SIMONSON. 

